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Hot TopicsThis is by no means a comprehensive list of faculty research areas. Please explore the Centers & Institutes, Departments & Schools, and Experts Guide for more. Alcohol and AddictionR. Adron Harris - alcoholism and addiction, neurobiology, behavioral genetics Hitoshi Morikawa addiction reward circuitry, dopamine release, neurotransmitters John Mihic - neurobiology, ion channels, alcohol, inhalants Artificial IntelligencePeter Stone - robots, machine learning, robosoccer, autonomous vehicles Risto Miikulainen - neural networks, genetic algorithms, computational neuroscience, NERO, neuroevolution
Raymond Mooney - machine learning, natural language learning, data mining,
Alternative EnergyAllen Bard - electrochemistry, solar cells R. Malcom Brown - algal biofuels, cellulose biosynthesis, biomass, feedstocks, saccharides Sata Sathasivan - algal biofuels, plant genetic engineering, genome analysis
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- nuclear fusion-fission hybrid reactor
CancerJaquelin Dudley - breast cancer, gene therapy, retroviruses
Jonathan Sessler - organic chemistry, drug development, anti cancer agents
Climate change/EnvironmentCamille Parmesan - effects of global warming on animal and plant species, butterfly ecology Ken Dunton - climate change effects on Arctic bethic ecology Jim McClelland - effects of climate change on oceans, particularly the Arctic and North Atlantic Dark energyKarl Gebhardt - black hole detection, evolution of galaxies, HETDEX
Gary Hill - Hobby-Eberly Telescope, dark energy
Galaxies, Stars and PlanetsEiichiro Komatsu - gravity, cosmic microwave background radiation, early universe Fritz Benedict - Hubble Space Telescope Shardha Jogee - galaxy evolution, star formation, GEMS J. Craig Wheeler - supernovae, stellar evolution, gamma rays, astro-biology Green ChemistryMichael Krische - green chemistry, natural product synthesis, catalytic processes, organometallic chemistry
EvolutionDavid Hillis - Tree of Life, vertebrate evolution, computational biology, teaching evolution.
Dan Bolnick - biodiversity, evolutionary theory, speciation
Tandy Warnow - bioinformatics, CIPRES, Tree of Life
Infectious disease (influenza, HIV, etc.)Lauren Ancel Meyers - disease transmission, epidemiology, mathematical modeling, SARS, influenza Love & MarriageNeuroscienceDaniel Johnston - Center for Learning and Memory, epilepsy, synaptic integration, depression
ObesitySteven Hursting - obesity, diet-gene interactions relevant to cancer prevention
Jeanne Freeland-Graves - nutrition, obesity, vegetarianism, osteoporosis
Quantum PhysicsScience and math educationUri Treisman - Dana Center, Emerging Scholars Program, K-12 education
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The College of Natural Sciences is home to more than 600 faculty at the top of their fields. The breadth of research in the college is astounding, and the diversity in faculty interest feeds into unique and productive collaborations.